Sue Bolton

  • MUA militancy: A major victory

    Anyone who thinks union militancy is dead, hasn't been paying much attention lately. In the last two months, the WA and Victorian branches of the Maritime Union of Australia and the Victorian branch of the postal union have elected

  • Martin Bright strike enters fourth week

    MELBOURNE — Workers from OneSteel subsidiary Martin Bright Steels have been on strike since July 4. The Martin Bright dispute is part of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's Campaign 2003. There are 80 workers on the site,

  • Unionist singled out in Skilled Six court case

    MELBOURNE — Fifteen Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) members and one Electrical Trades Union member appeared in the county court on July 21 and 22 over an industrial dispute involving Johnson Tiles and Skilled

  • Election victory for postal union militants

    MELBOURNE — In a victory for militant unionism, the Members Reform Team, consisting of rank-and-file postal workers, has won control of the Victorian postal and telecommunications (P&T) branch of the communications division of the

  • Rebellion in the maritime union

    According to many long-time members of the Maritime Union of Australia, there has never before been such a rebellion from the ranks of the MUA and its forerunners &#151 the Seamens Union of Australia and the Waterside Workers

  • BELGIUM: 213 trade unionists assassinated worldwide

    Of the 213 trade unionists assassinated around the world last year, 184 were murdered in Colombia, according to the Brussels-based International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). On June 10, the ICFTU released its Annual

  • Victorian metal workers vote for industry-wide strike

    MELBOURNE — On June 5, delegates from the metal division of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) voted to hold an industry-wide 24-hour strike on June 12, and an industry-wide mass meeting on

  • Abbott plans new attack on unions

    Usually, when federal minister for union-bashing Tony Abbott wants to introduce new legislation, he likes to boast. The problem with this, however, is that it allows opposition to his attacks to build up, pressuring senators to reject

  • WA CFMEU: penalised for doing its job

    PERTH — Of the 392 adverse findings that the building industry royal commission made against Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, two-thirds were directed against the Western Australian branch of the union. Does

  • MUA militants: 'Give the union back to the membership'

    On April 14, ballot papers will be posted to all members of the Maritime Union of Australia for what is likely to be the most significant MUA election in years, with opposition tickets in most MUA branches, as well as an

  • Gov't plans to victimise building workers

    The building industry royal commission's final 23-volume report (except for one volume which is being kept secret) was made public on March 26-27. By the time of federal workplace relations minister Tony Abbott's speech to the